This week, we're calling on Amy Silberbauer, an Executive IT Specialist on the Rational Unleash the Labs team and the lead architect for Rational Industry Solutions. She focuses on enterprise modernization, SOA, and BPM. Amy has been an IBM employee for 25...

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I often hear from people I work with
that “System z is old school” or “no one writes code for
mainframes any more.” I quietly let them say their...

I had the opportunity to speak at the SHARE Conference in Anaheim, CA last week. For those not aware of this conference, it is one of the longest-running technical conferences and offers attendees the opportunity to learn about new and interesting ways to...

I had the good fortune to speak with a colleague of mine yesterday on this topic. He and I agree that these two areas - Application Portfolio Management (APM) and Application Modernization (sometimes referred to as Enterprise Modernization) - are very much...